Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford, President of The New York Academy of Medicine, one of the nation’s oldest and preeminent medical academies, is available to comment on a broad range of health topics, including the landmark ruling regarding the constitutional legality of the Affordable Care Act, creating age-friendly cities around the world, reducing health disparities, and creating health-in-all policies that advance urban health.
Dr. Boufford is one of the nation’s foremost experts in the area of Urban Health and global urban health.
Dr. Boufford previously served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from November 1993 to January 1997, and as Acting Assistant Secretary from January 1997 to May 1997. While at HHS, she served as the U.S. representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1994–1997. She also served as President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal system in the United States, from December 1985 until October 1989.
She was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 1992 and is a member of its Executive Council, Board on Global Health, and Board on African Science Academy Development. She was elected to serve a second, four-year term as the Foreign Secretary of the IOM beginning July 1, 2010.
Dr. Boufford attended Wellesley College for two years and received her BA (Psychology) magna cum laude from the University of Michigan, and her MD, with distinction, from the University of Michigan Medical School. She is Board Certified in pediatrics.
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